USA: Civil liberties group challenges New York law excluding farmworkers from right to organise
"Lawsuit Challenges Shameful Exclusion of Farmworkers from Right to Organize", 10 May 2016
Farmworkers are excluded from the critical protection of the right to organize without fear of retaliation under New York state’s labor law, a violation of the state constitution that forces them to work in life-threatening, sweatshop-like conditions, according to a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union... The NYCLU’s lawsuit was filed on behalf of Crispin Hernandez, who was fired from one of New York’s largest dairies, Marks Farms LLC in Lowville, after his employer saw him meeting with co-workers and an organizer to discuss workplace conditions... The NYCLU’s lawsuit was also filed on behalf of the Workers’ Center of Central New York...